An Explosive Device Was Found at New York's Busiest Bus Terminal

On Wednesday, New York City police found a minor explosive device inside an unattended bag at Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal, as CBS News reports.

The bag was discovered a few minutes after 5 PM Wednesday evening, at a deli inside the bus depot. Authorities first inspected it with a K-9 unit. When they subsequently opened the bag, they found bolt cutters, a knife, and screw drivers, along with an undetonated explosive device.

The device appears to have been a flash-bang—a non-lethal stun grenade familiar to anyone who has played their share of first-person shooter video games. The Bomb Squad reportedly took the explosive up to Rodman's Neck in the Bronx, where they examined it.

Police were able to trace the bag back to its owner because he apparently came looking for it, and the suspect—Arsenio Mason of Jersey City—was arrested around 8 PM.

Mason has been charged with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, among other things, and is currently being held on $500,000 bail.